Crediton

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 4° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:46

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

50 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Shoplifting9
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Crediton Town · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

136 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Crediton (0.2 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£285,982 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£878 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £641
• 2 bed £809
• 3 bed £995

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,067 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Crediton (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,360
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,552
• Net moves+808

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 126 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

40 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Devon

829 CQC-registered services

• Care homes309
• GP practices118
• Dentists156
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 197 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

162 applications decided

93.8% granted · 152 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 3
• LD 33
• Grn 3
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

100 jobs advertised · £34,702 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager - Dementia Care, Morning Delivery Driver, Fabricator

Source: Adzuna

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX17

• Redlands Primary Care
• Bow Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones1,246 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks759 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases411 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND286 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately195 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Crediton railway station · 0.2 km

  Crediton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Crediton in Devon, England. It is 7 miles 76 chains (12.8 km) from Exeter Central at milepost 179.25 from London Waterloo.

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  Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton · 0.7 km

  Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, formally the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him Who Hung Thereon, is the parish church of the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The church is built on the s…

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  Crediton · 1.0 km

  Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, 7 miles (11 km) north west of Exeter an…

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  Old Town Hall, Crediton · 1.1 km

  The Old Town Hall is a historic building in the High Street in Crediton, a town in Devon in England. The structure, which was previously used as public events venue and currently accommodates the Crediton Museum, is a…

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  Crediton United A.F.C. · 1.1 km

  Crediton United Association Football Club is a football club based in Crediton, Devon, England. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East and play at Lords Meadow.

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  Downes, Crediton · 1.4 km

  Downes House is a country house situated about one mile east of Crediton in Devon, England. The house is an 18th-century Palladian re-modelling of an earlier house. It was classed Grade II* listed on 20 May 1985. Near…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)